Strategic Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management
Closed loops depict supply chains for which Original Equipement Manufacturer reintegrate their returned products into their own production network. While the reverse logistics research has extensively addressed the technical aspects of product reintegrati
- PDF / 1,625,924 Bytes
- 158 Pages / 439.37 x 666.142 pts Page_size
- 28 Downloads / 192 Views
586
Founding Editors: M. Beckmann H.P. Künzi Managing Editors: Prof. Dr. G. Fandel Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften Fernuniversität Hagen Feithstr. 140/AVZ II, 58084 Hagen, Germany Prof. Dr. W. Trockel Institut für Mathematische Wirtschaftsforschung (IMW) Universität Bielefeld Universitätsstr. 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany Editorial Board: A. Basile, A. Drexl, H. Dawid, K. Inderfurth, W. Kürsten, U.Schittko
Baptiste Lebreton
Strategic Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management
With 27 Figures and 23 Tables
123
Baptiste Lebreton (PhD) INSEAD Technology and Operations Management 19, bd de Constance 77300 Fontainebleau France [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006935267
ISBN-10 3-540-38907-5 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-38907-1 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media springer.com © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007 The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Production: LE-TEX Jelonek, Schmidt & V¨ ockler GbR, Leipzig Cover-design: Erich Kirchner, Heidelberg SPIN 11844174
88/3100YL - 5 4 3 2 1 0
Printed on acid-free paper
To Andrea, for her unbelievable love and patience
Preface
The present PhD thesis is the result of my work as a research assistant at the University of Augsburg, Germany, between 2001 and 2005. Even if a PhD is an individual work, I would like to take the opportunity to thank all the people that have, directly or indirectly, contributed to the completion of this monograph. First of all, I am very grateful to my PhD mentors, Professor Axel Tuma and Professor Bernhard Fleischmann for giving me the opportunity to complete my Masters degree in Germany and for allowing me to stay in Augsburg to write a PhD thesis. Professor Fleischmann’s enthusiasm in solving optimization problems and Professor Tuma’s way of managing a research team have been a great inspiration. I would also like to express my gratitude to Professor Luk Van Wassenhove for his support during the final phase of my thesis as well as for the exciting projects I currently work on as a postdoc under his supervision. Research projects with German, French and Belgian companies have highly contributed in the last three years to focus o
Data Loading...
